“Afraid an unauthorized someone is reading your personal e-mail? Then prevent it by encrypting your e-mail using a program such as PGP (Pretty Good Privacy).” – BTW, PGP is a commercial application supporting OpenPGP, but most of the article can be used to understand other tools too. Continue reading →

“Afraid an unauthorized someone is reading your personal e-mail? Then prevent it by encrypting your e-mail using a program such as PGP (Pretty Good Privacy).” – BTW, PGP is a...

Internet users send millions of e-mail messages every day, oblivious to their lack of confidentiality. For years, a powerful and free encryption program called PGP, or Pretty Good Privacy, allowed users to keep their e-mail and other data private. But Network Associates, which bought PGP in late 1997, failed to sell upgraded versions to businesses and let the program drift into limbo from mid-2001 on, without any significant updates.
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Internet users send millions of e-mail messages every day, oblivious to their lack of confidentiality. For years, a powerful and free encryption program called PGP, or Pretty Good Privacy, allowed...